Improvement in ice-tongs



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM THEODAR FARBE, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

IMPROVEMENT IN lCE-TONGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 136,593. dated March 11, 1873.

T0 all whom it mag noncern:

Be it known that: I, WILLIAM THEODAR FARBE, of the city of Montreal, disorict of' Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion 0f Uanada, huve invented certain Improvements in Ice-Tongs, of which the following is a spec ification:

Natura und Objedts of thelnvention.

The object has been t-o provide ice-tongs for general household purposes as practical, dumble, und cheap as possible, am]. for that purpose they have been constructed to use wit:h one band, so that the other can be used t0 open'doors, faucet, ice-box, &c., and they can be made 0t' a small casting,*common rivets, and steel wire, which allows them t0 be made at a 10W price.

Descrz'ption of Accompanyz'ng Drawz'ng. The drawing represents a.- side elevation of the t001 holdin g a block of icesize, one-third of cornmon-sized tool.

General Descriptz'on.

Olaim.

I claim as my invention The ice-tongs consisting 0f tne handle A and hooks B B, substantially a3 described and shown.

.W. T. FARBE.

Witnesses: WILLIAM H. BARWIGK, FOH. UHR. PINGEL. 

